1995 was perhaps the most overachieving Laker team they ever had, a rare time LA getting to round 2 felt like a big accomplishment rather than business as usual
They actually had a pretty good overall team they had two bigs with vlade and Eldon you had a very decent small forward You had a above average shooting guard in Eddie Jones and a pretty good point guard didn't have much of a bench though besides Anthony peeler I think.. they give San Antonio fits but I didn't have enough scoring and bench play to beat San Antonio..
I remember watching that game on tv when i was 9 years old in 95....damn it brings me nostalgia!. The pacing of the players were faster than today's nba players, they were more aggressive and passionate too .
One of the all-time fan favorite Laker teams. In between the end of the Magic/Showtime era and a couple of years before the beginning of the Shaq and Kobe era, there was the 94-95 Lakers. This team didn't have a superstar but a collection of really good players (Van Exel, Vlade, Eddie Jones, Ced Ceballos, Elden Campbell) and were classic overachievers. They got every ounce out of what they had and went on to beat this prime Payton and Kemp Sonics squad, and somehow took MVP David Robinson's league best record Spurs to 6.
@@damianpresha9833 There are some great shooters in today's game. However, they wouldn't be able to get some of their shots off as easily if it weren't for the freedom of movement rules in today's game. Many of the players on the floor in this video could shoot outside, but they had more defined roles on their teams.
Sarcasm Alert: What the hell is THIS? mid-range jumpers, players finishing off fast breaks with layups and dunks, teams going into the low-post, and no several consecutive possessions with 3-point attempts?!?!?
@damianpresha9833 Face it, millennial. ANY All-Star Game from the '80s or '90s was better than that POS the players put out as the 2024 All-Star Game. The quality of NBA basketball is virtually unwatchable today.
also i dont think nobody expected cedric ceballos to come from phoenix and avg over 20 ppg and b a all star !!! that was a unexpected help that season!!
@@brandanevans7403 Dude could score, though. As a bench player, Cedric was a highly efficient scorer, averaging 19 a game the season before with the Suns.
this playoffs series & great drafting accelerated the rebuilding process for the lakers to b able to get shaq after the following season...crazy how everything works out
Yo, I've been thinking back on this series a lot lately.. and here it is. I just ordered a Nick Van Exel road Jersey and a Shawn Kemp home jersey, this was a great matchup. Plus Kemp's wearing my favorite kicks of the 90s: the Kamikaze 1s.
I know people like to think of this era as the Big Man era but the point god's of the 90's were incredible. Also, I had forgotten how good Shawn Kemp was. He was a monster underneath the basket.
There's something about that Eddie Jones miss at 18.05 that feels universal. The amount of times I've turned around that way and missed. Simultaneously the easiest and hardest thing in the world
8:07 Look at that Rugby style scrum! Crazy that Vlade was the last to dive in but emerged with it 😂😂 Gotta love that energetic Seattle crowd. Sadly their Sonics great as they were at this time had a tendency to give away games at home, especially as the higher seed. Great upload per usual MDB!
Watching the Bulls back then my heart used to pound throughout the entire game I felt like every game in the playoffs was the NBA finals and every game during the season was a playoff game. The intensity and grit skill and fundamentals back, then are unmatched so much that Streetballers who became legends and eventually got their own sneakers Couldn’t make it to the NBA and they had more handle than Kyrie, Steph Curry and everyone in the NBA today.
Fun fact- Sonics destroyed the Lakers in Game 1 by winning by a 25 point blowout. The Lakers swept the Sonics the next 3 games by winning the series. This was an upset win for the Lakers.
This entire season of the Lakers was them battling against the odds/adversity. They had more down by 10+ in the 4th quarter comebacks than any other team. The last game in Boston Gardens and also game 5 vs San Antonio were crazy ending courtesy of Nick Van Exel!
Although it was a period between two dynasties: Showtime & Lakeshow, with the possible exception of 93-94, these Lakers were still pretty competitive relative to the rest of the league. Far better than the Mid-2010's Lakers who weren't even watchable, much less competitive.
7:30 Back when the refs actually called traveling! Today he would've been able to pick up the ball and take 5 or 10 steps and the ref wouldn't have done anything except T up a player not involved in the play for making a face or something.
The final season of the Lake Show before the arrival of alpha dogs Shaq and Kobe. I enjoyed watching this team because they didn't have a superstar player but had good young players and played as a team and won 50 plus games.
@@MDBBall@MDBBall What's impressive about this team is that except for Eddie Jones, the entire roster is made up of late first-round or second-round draft picks.
What a disappointment those supersonics teams were. Both 94 and 95 both those teams were built for a championship, but couldn’t get out of the first round both years losing to Denver and the Lakers. I believe the sonics would’ve won both series if it had been a 7 game series and not a 5. A lot of weaker teams snuck into the second round due to those five game first round series. The team that benefited most from this was the Houston Rockets. The supersonics always had the Rockets number during the 90s 90s. And both 9495. The sonics were eliminated early and the Rockets never had to face them.
These Sonics uniforms were nice, not like the over stylized crap they wore in 96, same for the Rockets in those two seasons the old stuff was nicer that's why they both ditched the crappy new ones after not too many seasons
This was my favorite Lakers squad in team history....moreso than Showtime or Shaq/Kobe years. I remember Street and Smith basketball publication they weren't even expected picked them to finish 5th.....in the Pacific. Werent expected to make the playoffs that year. Much of the season there were tons of empty seats in the Forum and the Lakers weren't even considered worthy of nationally televised games. Nick van Exel eventually got the boot from LA, but imho he put them on the map. He was the most exciting player in the league for me to watch that year. Hit so MANY clutch shots with his teams back against the wall. Game 4 of this series is one of my favorite NBA games ever.
El pie grande pensativo triste😮 que gran club y tienen a unas porquerias en wachiton wizar echiseros que maldicion ni el nombre sirve y sacaron a Seattle 😮❤
but once he got the fame he didnt know how to handle it...started doing rap tracks with warren g lol then he took that well publicized ski boat trip the following season...jerry west knew he couldnt keep him for the lakers rebuild next season and traded him off to dallas lol
Videogame skinnyjean rupaul rapping blacks exist today so there is NO MORE basketball and aggression like this now. Its over. Skinnyjean videogame skateboard loving rappin pride day loving blacks exist now. Its over.
I can watch this type of basketball all day.
Defence, physicality, post game. Love it.
The sport is more than just shooting threes like it is now.
Naw this was boring, it's actually much more exciting now. Players are way more athletic and skilled these days.
I too could watch this all day
@@BlackPinoy869today's NBA is trash. Bunch of teenagers scrimmaging. This right here is real basketball
From the first quarter, you could feel the intensity during every possession! 90s basketball was incredible.
NO, NO, these guys can't hang with the current league!! lol. :)
Nba on Nbc Sunday triple headers of the 90's were 🔥🔥🔥.
Facts 💯 Always got pumped for those
Then you had NFL games on Sundays during the fall and winter seasons. It was truly amazing to be a sports fan in the 1990s.
NOW THIS IS ENTERTAINING BASKETBALL!!
Seems like a better brand of basketball! Than today's.
Huge props to Nick Van Exel. Except for gm 1, he played 48 minutes in each of the next 3 games. Van Exel was an underrated player.
Very underrated
You should've seen him as a Cincinnati Bearcat.
1995 was perhaps the most overachieving Laker team they ever had, a rare time LA getting to round 2 felt like a big accomplishment rather than business as usual
They actually had a pretty good overall team they had two bigs with vlade and Eldon you had a very decent small forward You had a above average shooting guard in Eddie Jones and a pretty good point guard didn't have much of a bench though besides Anthony peeler I think.. they give San Antonio fits but I didn't have enough scoring and bench play to beat San Antonio..
This is the same year of that famous triple header with Jordan playing Orlando magic game 1 and Reggie Miller going crazy against the Knicks
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Sonics had three AllStar
the sonics won 65 games that season...it was a huge accomplishment just to beat them
Because they missed the playoffs a year before
To think that just 28 years later my man Shawn Kemp would be right down the street from that building opening fire in the Tacoma mall parking lot 😂
I hope the NBA gets back on NBC. I just love the play by play and the intensity of this game.
yes! that NBA on NBC theme IS basketball! the sport feels wounded without it.
I remember watching that game on tv when i was 9 years old in 95....damn it brings me nostalgia!. The pacing of the players were faster than today's nba players, they were more aggressive and passionate too .
One of the all-time fan favorite Laker teams. In between the end of the Magic/Showtime era and a couple of years before the beginning of the Shaq and Kobe era, there was the 94-95 Lakers. This team didn't have a superstar but a collection of really good players (Van Exel, Vlade, Eddie Jones, Ced Ceballos, Elden Campbell) and were classic overachievers. They got every ounce out of what they had and went on to beat this prime Payton and Kemp Sonics squad, and somehow took MVP David Robinson's league best record Spurs to 6.
Look at how hard both teams are playing defense and hustling. You don't see this in the NBA in 2024.
exactly
These teams getting ran out the gym
This is real basketball.you can't even play d.nba hurt themselves by taking away defense
@@nittygrittywithcarlton2203 Majority of these guys not even a threat outside the paint what you even talking about ?
@@damianpresha9833 There are some great shooters in today's game. However, they wouldn't be able to get some of their shots off as easily if it weren't for the freedom of movement rules in today's game. Many of the players on the floor in this video could shoot outside, but they had more defined roles on their teams.
Sarcasm Alert:
What the hell is THIS? mid-range jumpers, players finishing off fast breaks with layups and dunks, teams going into the low-post, and no several consecutive possessions with 3-point attempts?!?!?
I know right???? This era sucked real ball is played now (sarcasm of course)
They can't shoot don't flatter yourself
@damianpresha9833 So the 2024 All-Star Game was better?
@@JAWrightonline That wasn't a game we know that.
@damianpresha9833 Face it, millennial. ANY All-Star Game from the '80s or '90s was better than that POS the players put out as the 2024 All-Star Game.
The quality of NBA basketball is virtually unwatchable today.
This game felt like a finals game 7
DAMMN!! This was a good one ,🍿
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also i dont think nobody expected cedric ceballos to come from phoenix and avg over 20 ppg and b a all star !!! that was a unexpected help that season!!
He missed the all star game in 1995 due to injury
@tylerriley2587 yes but he made the team no body expected him to do that
@@brandanevans7403 Dude could score, though. As a bench player, Cedric was a highly efficient scorer, averaging 19 a game the season before with the Suns.
Kemp was such a beast dam good basketball
this playoffs series & great drafting accelerated the rebuilding process for the lakers to b able to get shaq after the following season...crazy how everything works out
NBA Needs Seattle Sonics Back In Town
This real nba balln ❤❤❤❤❤
Yo, I've been thinking back on this series a lot lately.. and here it is. I just ordered a Nick Van Exel road Jersey and a Shawn Kemp home jersey, this was a great matchup. Plus Kemp's wearing my favorite kicks of the 90s: the Kamikaze 1s.
I know people like to think of this era as the Big Man era but the point god's of the 90's were incredible. Also, I had forgotten how good Shawn Kemp was. He was a monster underneath the basket.
when basketball was basketball!!!!
There's something about that Eddie Jones miss at 18.05 that feels universal. The amount of times I've turned around that way and missed. Simultaneously the easiest and hardest thing in the world
I miss the rain man and the glove dynamic duo,they were my favorite team to watch during the 90s jordan and olajuwon era .💯👍
Shawn Kemp = Reign Man 😌☝️
I rooted against the Lakers back then. But looking back, I like how their team is built.
8:07 Look at that Rugby style scrum! Crazy that Vlade was the last to dive in but emerged with it 😂😂
Gotta love that energetic Seattle crowd. Sadly their Sonics great as they were at this time had a tendency to give away games at home, especially as the higher seed.
Great upload per usual MDB!
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It’s ironic. I had the booze she had the chronic. The Lakers beat the SuperSonics.
Put This Game On NBA TV Hardwood Classic On TV
Watching the Bulls back then my heart used to pound throughout the entire game I felt like every game in the playoffs was the NBA finals and every game during the season was a playoff game. The intensity and grit skill and fundamentals back, then are unmatched so much that Streetballers who became legends and eventually got their own sneakers Couldn’t make it to the NBA and they had more handle than Kyrie, Steph Curry and everyone in the NBA today.
back days used to be great mid rage shooter big man, something weird today. i missed the 90s.
Seattle Center Coliseum was always so loud, I loved it.
This game was LIT 🔥🔥🔥
What a game. Thank you.
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Se extraña esta nba kemp mi ídolo siempre
Sonics were still haunted by the ghost of their 1994 1st round collpase in this series, it kinda felt like they were mentally finished after this one.
And go figure next year they also lost a home game 2 before running off an 8 game winning streak
Probably why they changed their logo the following season
@@krlm2280 the new logo kinda represented a fresh start in a sense.
How George Karl kept his job after this season is beyond me.
@coreyrowe4119 very true but it was also kemp final season *in Seattle
Fun fact- Sonics destroyed the Lakers in Game 1 by winning by a 25 point blowout. The Lakers swept the Sonics the next 3 games by winning the series. This was an upset win for the Lakers.
This entire season of the Lakers was them battling against the odds/adversity. They had more down by 10+ in the 4th quarter comebacks than any other team.
The last game in Boston Gardens and also game 5 vs San Antonio were crazy ending courtesy of Nick Van Exel!
@@FuShengAlexI remember that Lakers season full of young talent. 1996- Enter Magic. 1997- Bye Magic while enter Shaq, Kobe and Fisher.
I wonder what the ref told Kemp at 8:55🤔. All I know, Elden was having his way with Kemp before subbing him out, allowing Kemp to eat against Bowie.
Really appreciate these edits you have from the mid 90s. Could we get some Bulls Orlando 95
👍 hopefully ill be able to post some bulls magic from 1995 we'll see
Love this.
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Although it was a period between two dynasties: Showtime & Lakeshow, with the possible exception of 93-94, these Lakers were still pretty competitive relative to the rest of the league. Far better than the Mid-2010's Lakers who weren't even watchable, much less competitive.
rem this game like yesterday...after that gm 1 blowout, I thought the Sonics were gonna sweep
7:30 Back when the refs actually called traveling! Today he would've been able to pick up the ball and take 5 or 10 steps and the ref wouldn't have done anything except T up a player not involved in the play for making a face or something.
Great upload!
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좋은 영상 감사합니다
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That travel on divac in today's nba could've took 5 more steps.
I was the only dude who was rocking an Anthony Peeler jersey in '95
The final season of the Lake Show before the arrival of alpha dogs Shaq and Kobe. I enjoyed watching this team because they didn't have a superstar player but had good young players and played as a team and won 50 plus games.
Actually one more season before Shaq and Kobe, remember Magic Johnson's comeback?
Remember kobe didn't start his rookie season
@@MDBBall@MDBBall What's impressive about this team is that except for Eddie Jones, the entire roster is made up of late first-round or second-round draft picks.
What a disappointment those supersonics teams were. Both 94 and 95 both those teams were built for a championship, but couldn’t get out of the first round both years losing to Denver and the Lakers. I believe the sonics would’ve won both series if it had been a 7 game series and not a 5. A lot of weaker teams snuck into the second round due to those five game first round series. The team that benefited most from this was the Houston Rockets. The supersonics always had the Rockets number during the 90s 90s. And both 9495. The sonics were eliminated early and the Rockets never had to face them.
The rockets and Sonics did not meet at all in the 1994 and 1995 playoffs
These Sonics uniforms were nice, not like the over stylized crap they wore in 96, same for the Rockets in those two seasons the old stuff was nicer that's why they both ditched the crappy new ones after not too many seasons
0:58....Shaaaaaaaaaaaaawn KEMP!!!!!!
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While the Sonics had talent in 94 and 95, I do think Hersey Hawkins was a way better fit for the Sonics than Kendall Gill and that was the difference.
Gill was redundant because both he and GP couldn't shoot the 3.
Being a Lakers fan, I loved rooting for the teams where they weren't that good.
This was my favorite Lakers squad in team history....moreso than Showtime or Shaq/Kobe years.
I remember Street and Smith basketball publication they weren't even expected picked them to finish 5th.....in the Pacific. Werent expected to make the playoffs that year.
Much of the season there were tons of empty seats in the Forum and the Lakers weren't even considered worthy of nationally televised games.
Nick van Exel eventually got the boot from LA, but imho he put them on the map. He was the most exciting player in the league for me to watch that year. Hit so MANY clutch shots with his teams back against the wall.
Game 4 of this series is one of my favorite NBA games ever.
7:43 Man, if Divac was playing today he could have done 2 more spins and a step back without a call.
Nice
3:55...holy crap!!!!
Them Laker kids beat down them bullies n Seattle. Glove was always quiet when Van Exel was on the menu....Van Exel gave him his lunch
The Sonics just couldn't get out of the first round against Denver in 94 and the Lakers in 95.
That was the year Lakers having a lot of underrated young talents.
And catching a lot of people sleeping. They weren't even expected by most to make the playoffs that year.
Elden kempbell was really underrated
I would love to see the Seattle SuperSonics back in the NBA, and some new franchises.
Almost perfect example of
Damn, Ceballos had game ... Repin Cal State Fullerton too 👍
Kemp = beast!!
When basketball was basketball
please post more from the knicks heat battles in the 90's if you have
yes hopefully ill be able to post some knicks heat games we'll see
It ironic, I had the brew she had the chronic, the lakers beat the SuperSonics.
It was so exciting to watch the playoffs back then. What happened?
Y'all don't like basketball
Can somebody please release full sonic games me and my dad love to watch them. Because there’s only so many on RUclips.
SHAAAAWWNNNNNNNNN KEMP! The PA announcer !
When defense was allowed. Curry wouldn't have been able to play in this game.
I never knew dat Nick Van Excel can dunk.
I remember 1st seed Sonics got eliminated. 😂
But the players in this era are bigger, faster, stronger....🙄🤦😂
Wasn’t this the game where the lights went out at the Tacoma Dome causing the delay?
16:54
@@MDBBallOK thank you. That’s what I thought did happen in this game.
3:56 kirkpatrick!
Man Vlade Divac was not bad at all
"The Lake Show"
A similar player
El pie grande pensativo triste😮 que gran club y tienen a unas porquerias en wachiton wizar echiseros que maldicion ni el nombre sirve y sacaron a Seattle 😮❤
Eddie Jones wasn’t a big game performer! Really good player but 2 notches below superstar
That's why they eventually got rid of him. Highlight reel player that was too passive and unreliable when needed. Reminds me of current Andrew Wiggins
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It’s ironic I had the boom she had the chronic
watch this if you wonder why the bulls dominated the 90’s😂
I had the brew she had the chronic, the Lakers beat the Supersonics
but once he got the fame he didnt know how to handle it...started doing rap tracks with warren g lol then he took that well publicized ski boat trip the following season...jerry west knew he couldnt keep him for the lakers rebuild next season and traded him off to dallas lol
Who?
@@bumblebity2902Cedric
The Sonics choked again. They won the first game, and lost the next three
How this sonics team lost to this lakers team is crazy they sucked lol.
Divac played like soft ass in LA and then took on Shaq after he got traded in Sacramento. Immigrant mentality can backfire.
George Karl was a terrible coach‼️ Trash 🗑
Videogame skinnyjean rupaul rapping blacks exist today so there is NO MORE basketball and aggression like this now. Its over. Skinnyjean videogame skateboard loving rappin pride day loving blacks exist now. Its over.
The lakers could have been better had they had a better coach